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I don't really understand your desire to not go diesel. You say because you don't want to carry two types of fuel. Man, you got plenty of room under that truck for a 40+ gallon tan. At 20mpg that is an 800 mile range. You are going to need to carry fuel when you can go 800+ miles between fuel...

Oh and I recently saw for sale in BC a rolled diesel 80-series for a solid price. Even better to buy that and build the 4-door FJ40 on it. Cheers

The $15k kit seems pretty awesome of an idea to me, even without looking at any details. If that is everything to plop the 4-door 40 on the 80-chassis not bad in my opinion. These days a good 80 can be bought for $3kish. Another $1500 for a 5.3L v8 with a 4L60e. So $20k or there abouts to start...

My 91 Cruiser in front of the Mongrel's chassis. Cheers

1964 & 1977 steering column seal, complete different and not interchangeable. Cheers

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Well, ultimately it is for sale. If somebody wanted to buy it now I would give a pretty screaming deal. I did have it for sale for awhile with all the bits included but no takers. It is also not a candidate for resto as the original bits are gone. At this point it is being built to sell. I have...

I guess the older pictures are gone, so here is a pic recap up to date. The Ute with some 35's slapped on it before tear down. Tearing it down. Once torn down the cab and rest of the body was put aside while I went to work on the frame. I cut everything off the frame besides the body...

Already posted a few pics of it but here is the LHD firewall I am using to convert the Ute to LHD. This is from a 1965 Patrol but as you can see it is in overall good condition. It has never been cut on or holes drilled in it which can be common on a 50yr old truck. This is real common on...

The snow is gone, pulled out the FZJ80 chassis. Cut off all the body mounts, ground them all back down! :eek: Cut out the rear cross member too. :) Cheers

Got a bad cat, it started rattling within the last month. It is an OEM Chevy cat so either stock from 97 or 2002 when the swap was done. I recently started renting a room to an old friend in the house. He has tons of exhaust experience, his family owned Jardine Exhaust. So we plan to re-do all...

Wiper motors tested, torn down, cleaned and prepared for re-furbish. These are specific to 1965 or earlier trucks. I have 5 of them, all work but one and the bad one just needs a wire soldered to work. The two best will be used. This 1964 Patrol has the optional dual horns. The primary horn...

I thought about doing a hinged overhead rack some time ago on a truck I was building. It would allow for the rack to serve as an awning. It also would allow for the truck to be a pop-top camper and still be able to carry plenty of stuff up top. I never did it though, just thought about it. Cheers

I have an 83 Patrol with 365,000ish km's. I had an 84 Patrol with 400,000km's. Both SWB hardtops with SD33 diesel engines, 5spd, C200 front axle and H233 rear. Cheers

Like I said registered importer. if it is possible to legally bring one in, they can do it. I have spoken to several at length and they can get me a newish Nissan Patrol legally. It has been awhile and I don't recall all the details but I know the basics are that the vehicle is brought up to US...

Radiator prepp'ed for paint. Some body pieces in primer Cheers

I say swap in a v8 or diesel. The 2/3F is a good engine for what it is but it is way old technology. It is also heavy, slow and drinks fuel. Parts are not at every corner auto parts store. For the long term use of a Cruiser, an engine swap makes the most sense to me. For value, keeping it...

No worries, my pleasure! If I do the wagon it certainly will get a build thread. Cheers

I like it.

Thanks! It is looking like I will get to make the wagon live again! I can't say much more at this time but I am also feeling the vibe to send letters snail mail to Japan to find out how many wagons were sold in the USA and if this is truly the only one. I had luck with sending snail mail letters...